Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

harzburgite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: harzbur-gite
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An ultramafic igneous rock, a variety of peridotite consisting mostly of olivine and low-calcium pyroxene.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The two rutiles occur in veins in harzburgite xenoliths carried in volcanoes of the eastern African Rift: Labait and Pello Hill."

Etymology

From Harzburg + -ite.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Harz

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

harzburgites (plural)

Derived Forms

harzburgitic

Questions

What does harzburgite mean?: An ultramafic igneous rock, a variety of peridotite consisting mostly of olivine and low-calcium pyroxene.
Where does harzburgite come from?: From Harzburg + -ite.

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